Horseshoe



Feb. 27, 1923.

F. SALA HoRsEsHoE Filed July 2 1921 mvENToR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 27,1923.

FRANK SALA, ori antichoc, ILLINoIs.

Hoasnsnoul' Application filed July 2,

To all whom t lmay concern Be it knoivn that I, FRANK SALA, a citizen ofthe United FStates,v residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements inHorseshoes, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to horseshoes and an object of the invention isto provide a horseshoe designed to prevent slipping of a horse shod withthe improved shoes, when traveling over icy, snowy or slick surfaces.

More specilically the invention compre hends the provision of ahorseshoe which has a plurality of substantially V-shaped bars or callsattached to its under surface and the apices of which calks arepositioned 1n ahnelnent substantially equldistant of the side edges o-fthe horseshoe presenting sharp angles forwardly for biting` into thesurface over which the horse is traveling and being particularly usefulin assisting .the horse in holding back when going down an incline.

Other objects of the invent-ion will appear in the following detaileddescription and in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the improved horseshoe sho-Wing itapplied to a horses hoof,

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the improved horseshoe, and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing the improved horseshoe,structure includes the usual type of horseshoe l shaped to fit a. horseshoof and provided with a plurali-ty of spacedv nail-receiving openings2. The under surface of the shoe l has a plurali-ty of calks or bars 3attached thereto in any suitable manner preferably by Welding and eachof the call: structures 3 is triangularehaped in crosssection andsubstantially V-shaped in plan having its apex 1l positioned forwardlyon the shoe and at substantially the transverse center of the shoethereby present-ing relatively sharp points at the central portion ofthe shoe l which will assist the horsein holding hack or prevent i-tfrom slipping When going down an incline. By positioning thesubstantalh` V-shaped calks crosswise of the shoe with theirapicesforwardly they Will prevent. slipping of the horse when traveling over asmooth or icy surface owing to the 1921. Serial Naf/82,187.

fact that they are arranged so that-the Weight and motion of the horsewill cooperate therewith and the substantially V-shape of they callrs orgrippers will tend to pack snow or ice back` of the horses foot givingit a direct abutment and materially assisting itstravel. j

lVhile, in the drawing .only three of the calks or grippers are shown,it is to be understood that any number of them may vhe provided asrequired by the size of the shoe, Without departing 'from the spirit ofvthis invention.

It is of course. to be understood that the invention may he constructedin vvarious other manners and the parts associated indifferentrelations, and therefore, I do not desire to be limited' in anymanner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described myjy invention What t ll claim is:

1. An anti-slipping horseshoe structure comprising a horseshoe, and aplurality of substantially V-shaped calls having their ends secured tothe side portions' of the horseshoe and their apices aliningsubstantially equidistant of the side ledges ofthe shoe.

2. An anti-slipping horseshoe structure comprising a horseshoe, and alplurality of substantially V-shaped. calks having their ends secured tothe side 'portions of the horseshoe and their apices alining substan-v.

tially equidistant of the lside edges of the shoe, the. alpices of saidsubstantially V- shaped calles extending forwardly towards the forwardedge of the shoe.

3. An anti-slipping horseshoe structure comprisinga horseshoe, andaplurality of substantially V-shaped callrshaving their ends secured totheside `portions of the,

horseshoe and their apices alining substantially equidistant of the sideedges of the shoe, said calls being substantially trianguiar shaped 1ncross-section.

of ai'. substantially V-Shaped surface-en gagging members transverselymmmtedtheremouned on the bott-om of said shoe n union from side to sid@of the horseshoe nterform 1e`lation,the apex of each of said mem- 10mediate the m'ward and rear ends thereof. bers pointing, to the toe, ofsaid Shoe.

a (5. A non-skid d Vice foi' draft animals, In t'estmony whereof ax mjsignature.

omuln'sng ay Supporting Akann@ simulating in appearance the, ordinaryU-shnped b orse- FRANK SALA.

shoe. Vand :L series of V-shaped members

